MeituanReleased on Feb 5, 2026

LongCat-Flash-Lite: Benchmarks, Pricing & Size

LongCat-Flash-Lite is a language model from Meituan, released in February 2026.

LongCat-Flash-Lite is a lightweight MoE model from Meituan with 68.5B total parameters and only 2.9B-4.5B activated per token. It explores N-gram embedding expansion as a new scaling direction, supporting 256K context length via YaRN.

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LongCat-Flash-Lite pricing

Providers

LongCat-Flash-Lite starts at $0.100 per million input tokens and $0.400 per million output tokens via Meituan.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MMax InputMax OutputLatency p95 sThroughput P95QuantInputOutput
Meituan logoMeituan
$0.100$0.400256.0K128.0K
1.50
500 c/s

LongCat-Flash-Lite model size

LongCat-Flash-Lite has 68.5 billion parameters. See how it compares to other models in the same parameter range.

Parameters
68.5BMoE
Large (30–80B)
68.5B
1B7B70B405B

LongCat-Flash-Lite API

API access coming soon

LongCat-Flash-Lite will be available through our gateway shortly.

LongCat-Flash-Lite examples

Recent arena outputs from LongCat-Flash-Lite, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

LongCat-Flash-Lite license

LongCat-Flash-Lite is released under the MIT license, which permits commercial use, has 68.5B parameters.

License
MIT
Commercial use allowed
Parameters
68.5B

MIT License - allows commercial use

FAQ

Common questions about LongCat-Flash-Lite.

When was LongCat-Flash-Lite released?

LongCat-Flash-Lite was released on February 5, 2026 by Meituan. This is the official LongCat-Flash-Lite release date tracked on LLM Stats.

Is LongCat-Flash-Lite available via API?

Yes, LongCat-Flash-Lite is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

How big is LongCat-Flash-Lite?

LongCat-Flash-Lite has 68.5 billion parameters. It ships as an open-weight model, so you can download and run it on your own hardware.

Who created LongCat-Flash-Lite?

LongCat-Flash-Lite was created by Meituan.

What is the license for LongCat-Flash-Lite?

LongCat-Flash-Lite is released under the MIT license. This is an open-source / open-weight license that permits self-hosting.

Where can I use LongCat-Flash-Lite?

LongCat-Flash-Lite is available through 1 provider including Meituan.